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Striped (?) Hairstreak - Satyrium calanus - male
Copyright © 2007 mpatrikeev

Striped (?) Hairstreak - Satyrium calanus - Male
Beverly Swamp Conservation Area, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
June 30, 2007
Size: ca. 20 mm
On Common Milkweed
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Contributed by mpatrikeev on 10 February, 2008 - 3:49pm
Last updated 12 February, 2008 - 6:14pm

Banded HS
This looks better for Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus). Note the lack of an orange cap on the blue HW spot, the shallow depth of the blue spot, and the lack of strong basal white edges on the FW postmedian band.
… Nick Block, 11 February, 2008 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

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